Unable to clear "connected to 1 server" notification

[chreekat]

Please use notifications for alerting events, not for showing statuses.

[LalitMaganti]

To keep the app running as a background service Android requires a notification to be displayed - there's no way around it.

[chreekat]

Thanks for the info. How do apps like Twitter and hangouts run in the background? I apologize, I am unfamiliar with android development.

[LalitMaganti]

Twitter and Hangouts use push notifications. They are not actually running in the background - they simply register with the system to push a notification when one arrives. However, IRC requires a persistent TCP connection which requires the use of a service to prevent the system from killing the app and closing the connection.

[chreekat]

Dear Android,

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Sincerely,

• Bryan